“The fallout falls fully on the voters. They are wrong, and they foolishly voted against their own interests out of short-term outrage. Across the country, Americans chose to punish the Republicans by punishing themselves even more. No matter how frustrating one may feel about incumbent Republican politicians at the state level or the federal level, the voters are not going to fix the problem by giving power to a political party that openly fraternizes with socialists, communists, Nazis, and antisemites.This is a major failing. The real outrage is the American voter throwing an electoral temper tantrum and hurting America.”

–—Arthur Schaper at “American Greatness,” in his essay, “A Contrarian View on Election 2026: Trump Was Right, GOP Was OK, Voters Were Wrong.”

Of course I think it is spot on: Schaper pretty much wrote exactly what I have been posting here over the past week. I particularly like this passage: